Arapahoe County and Denver County Colorado Databases

Arapahoe County (below) was Created Nov. 1, 1861.

In 1901 the NorthWestern portion was split to create Denver County(below) and Adams County.
In 1903 the eastern half of Arapahoe County was added to Washington and Yuma Counties.

City of Denver, the capital of Colorado, was established by a party of prospectors on November 22, 1858, 3 years before Colorado Territory, in 1861.


Census Records on line

1870 Arapahoe Co Census Images
City of Denver are located on pg1a - pg 61a. by USGenweb
1870 Colorado Index by Colorado State Archives

1880 (partial) Denver Census Index by USGenweb
1880 Full Census by Family Search LDS
Thayer Surname extracted from 1870 & 1880 Arapahoe Co by familyrootseeker@aol.com

Vital Records

26 Marriages for Denver Co submitted to Rootsweb
1861-1868 Marriage Certificates Arapahoe & Denver City by Colorado Archives
1865 Arapahoe Co including City of Denver Marriages Surnames A-K by LBALL3466
Colorado Marriage Records 1975-present Colorado Archives

1851-1939 & 1968 - present Colorado Divorce Records By Colorado Archives

Colorado Mining Fatalities pre-1963 Denver Library

1870 Mortality Schedule Arapahoe Co by USGenweb
Social Security Death Index by ObitCentral

Cemeteries and Cemetery Stone Transcriptions

Byers Community Cemetery - USGenweb
E Owens Circle
Byers, Arapahoe

Chapel Hill Cemetery(22 photos)-Tombstone Project
6601 S Colorado Blvd
Littleton, Metro Denver

Crown Hill Cemetery
Wheat Ridge,Metro Denver Area
Photos & transcriptions-Tombstone Project

Eastlawn Cemetery
Aurora, Arapahoe

Evergreen Cemetery-USGenweb
200 E 168th Ave
Deer Trail area, Arapahoe

Fairmount Cemetery Denver, CO Rootsweb
Fairmount Cemetery
Denver-Photos & Transcriptions
Tombstone Project

Fort Logan Cemetery
Denver 73,630 Veteran Burials
Interment Net
Fort Logan Photos 61
Tombstone Project

Highway 83 Abandoned Cemetery-Access Genealogy
(4 markers left)
Hwy 83, Arapahoe

Littleton Cemetery - USGenweb
6155 S Prince Street
Littleton, Arapahoe
Littleton Cemetery by Interment Net

Melvin-Lewis Burial Ground - USGenweb
(aka Pioneer Hills)
Aurora, Arapahoe

Mt Nebo Memorial Park - USGenweb
11658 E Colfax Ave
Aurora, Arapahoe
Mt Nebo Memorial Park by Interment Net

Riverside Cemetery
Denver, CO
Rootsweb
Riverside Cemetery Photos & transcriptions
Tombstone Project

Running Creek Cemetery
Salem, Arapahoe

Military Records

Civil War Casualities (statewide, but alpha order) by Colorado Archives

Denver City Home Guards Civil War Volunteers Company A & B Rosters & History by National Parks Service

Regiments of Colorado during Civil War National Parks Service

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Civil War Veterans Index Denver Public Library

WWII Casualties Denver Co Army & Airforce by Access Genealogy
WWII 10th Mountain Division Searchable Name Index of Denver Co by Denver Library

Colorado Volunteers of Spanish American War (all CO, alpha order) by Colorado Archives

WWII Arapahoe Co List of Dead and Missing 1946 by USGenweb
WWII Casualities Arapahoe Co Army & Airforce by Access Genealogy

City Directories

1866 Denver City Business Directory by Rootsweb Associate
1866 Denver City Residents Directory Colorado Archives
1876 Denver City Directory (zip file) by USGenWeb
1876 Denver City Directory (txt files A-Z) by USGenweb

1889 Denver City Directory Surnames Temple-Terry by USGenweb
1890 Denver City Directory Surnames McGovern-McGregor by USGenweb
1891 Denver City Directory Surnames McGowan-McGregor and Temple-Terpening by USGenweb
1892 Denver City Directory Surnames Telephone-Terlarico by USGenweb
1893 Denver City Directory Surnames Teele-Tenney by USGenweb
1894 Denver City Directory Surnames Telephone-Tescher by USGenweb
1895 Denver City Directory> Surnames McGinty-McGraw and Templeton-Tesch by USGenweb
1896 Denver City Directory Surnames McGlasson-McGraw and Teed-Tennelly by USGenweb
1897 Denver City Directory Surnames Teller-Ternes by USGenweb

Newspapers and Obituaries

1895 Obituary Search Denver Rocky Mountain News & Denver Post by Colorado Clues

Denver Post Current Obituaries by Legacy.com

Obituary Index Af-American Collection Denver Library

1939 - 2003 Denver Obituary Index by Denver Public Library

Obituaries Submitted to USGenweb USGenweb

Denver Post May 27, 1919 Birth-Death-Marriage Announcements by USGenweb

August 19, 1895 Gumry Hotel Fire Disaster Denver Colorado Rocky Mountain News by Colorado Clues

August 30, 1895 Sleepy Hollow Mine Disaster Rocky Mountain News by Colorado Clues

St James Fire 1895(3 Gallant African-American Fire Fighters lose their lives) by Rita Colorado Clues

More Rocky Mountain News 1895 & Denver Post 1895 by Colorado Clues
View more of Rita's Colorado Clues Newspaper Abstracts & Database by Rita denelai@comcast.net

The Rocky Mountain News Current by Inside Denver.com

Court Record - Taxes

1861 First Colorado Territory Election by Denver Public Library

1933-1936 Old Age Pension Records Denver Co Colorado Archives

1909-1912 Inheritance Tax Records Denver Co by Colorado Archives

School Records

1944 University of Denver Graduates by USGenweb

1884 Graduates West Denver High School by USGenweb

1895 East Denver High School Graduates by D King

Class of 1916 North Side Denver High School Rocky
Class of 1917 North Side Denver High School USGenweb
Class of 1919 North Side Denver High School USGenweb
Class of 1936 North Side Denver High School Rocky
Class of 1938 North Side Denver High School Rocky

1937 Graduates Skinner Jr High School, Denver USGenweb

The Early Schools of Littleton Arapahoe Co by LittletonGov.org

Church Records

Trinity United Methodist Church Est 1859 Denver History by Trinity Church

Episcopal Church Archives Ordering Episcopal Records by Episcopal Archives.org

Central Presbyterian Church Denver History by CentralDenver.com

Washington Park United Church of Christ Denver History-WPUCC.org

History of St Mary's Catholic Parish Denver Denver Cathedral.org

History of the First Presbyterian Church of Littleton Arapahoe by Littleton Gov

Early Littleton Churches Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Hospital Records

Arapahoe County Poor Hospital Records 1895-1899 by Colorado Archives

Prison Records

1871-1973 Colorado Penitentiary History and Inmate Records by Colorado Archives
1895 Penitentiary Convicts and Crimes (Denver & Arapahoe Co) by Colorado Clues
Colorado State Reformatory Records 1887-1939 Denver Public Library

Maps

1854 Colorado Territory (Before Statehood) by Vikki Gray
Feb 28, 1861 Map Showing Original Counties of Colorado by Vikki Gray
1872 Colorado County Map by Chase negw.com

Local History

Littleton, Arapahoe Co Colorado:

History of Littleton Cemetery (lists the settling families buried here)
1882-1992 History of Littleton Area newspapers
The Duncan House (Frank and Louisa Duncan)
Lemcke's Meat Market and The Original "Two Potters" Macy Dorf and Larry Wright
1871 Denver and Rio Grand Rail Road Depot
1887 Atchison-Topeka and Santa Fe RailRoad
Origin of Littleton Street Names
The 1965 Flood Littleton (& other area Floods)
Original Planters of Littleton All from Littletongov.ORG

History of Denver, and Denver County by AboutDenver
"History of Denver from 1901" (Chapters 23 thru 25) Rootsweb

Orphanages in 1900 Denver and Arapahoe Rootsweb

"Miracle on Cherry Creek" Index | EBook by Rootsweb
"Who's Who in Denver Colorado" 1940-1942 Rocky

Miscellaneous Databases

Arapahoe County Old Age Pension Records 1933-1936 by Colorado Archives

Adoptee's in Search Denver, CO Geocities Site

Denver Colorado Queries by Cousin Connect

Bibles and Bio's

Bio of Jones, Jacob C. Arapahoe by USGenWeb

Bio of John and Louisa (Hiller) Lillie Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Bio of Richard and Angeline (Warwood) Little Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Bio of Joseph W.Bowles Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Bio of Avery and Charlotte Gallup Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Bio of Judge Fred Arnold Bemis Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Bio of Alfred Packer Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov
Much more on Alfred Packer by Colorado Archives

Bio of Jules Jacques Benedict Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Bio of the Beers Family Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Bio of Ralph Moody Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Bio of Houston Waring Arapahoe Co by Littleton Gov

Surname Index Arapahoe County & Denver Published 1880 (some bio's extracted) by Rootsweb

Extracted Bio's from History of Denver 1901 by Rootsweb
Bio's of Denver County Submitted to CoGenWeb
"History of Colorado" Published 1918 Extracted Denver Co Bio's by USGenweb

Cultural Information

Native American Tribes of Colorado by John Swanton

Native American History in Littleton by Littleton Gov

These Tribes lived in/near Arapahoe County Colorado or spent significant time in the area

The Comanche Nation History by Comanche One
Comanche "Census" list 1879-1901 Read Instructions First by Thomas W. Kavanagh

The Cheyenne & Arapahoe Nations' by Don
The Arapaho Nation History by Denver Gov
The Sand Creek Massacre by Richard Alonzo
Cheyenne Sand Creek Massacre "heads of household" Victims by Cheyenne Languages

Kiowa Tribe (division of the Apache) by Rebel Cherokee

African-American Research


Index to Af-American Bio's available at the Blair-Caldwell Library by Denver Library
View some Images from book "Five Points Neighborhood Denver" African-American History by Denver Library

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries

Arapahoe County Clerk & Recorder
5334 S Prince Street
Littleton, CO 80166-0060
(303) 795-4520

Vital Records Office
Colorado Dept of Health
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
(303) 692-2224

Division of Archives and Public Records
Department of Administration
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-2358

Aurora Historical Society
1140 Beeler Street
Aurora, CO 80010
(970) 364-0285

Aurora Genealogical Society
P O Box 31732
Aurora CO 80041-0732
(303) 343-3351

Greenwood Village Historical Society
1505 S. Norfolk Street
Aurora, CO 80017
(303)755-5404

L D S Church
950 Laredo
Aurora, CO 80017
(303) 367-0570

L D S Church
6705 South Webster
Littleton, CO 80120
(303)972-4771

Arapahoe Library District

Koelbel Public Library
5955 South Holly Street
Littleton, Colorado 80121-3460

Aurora, Colorado Library District
14949 E. Alameda Drive
Aurora, Colorado
(303)739-6600

Englewood Public Library
3400 S. Elati Street
Englewood, CO 80110
(303) 762-2550

Littleton-Bemis Public Library
6014 South Datura Street
Littleton CO 80120
(303) 795-3961

Aurora History Museum
15001 E. Alameda Drive
Aurora, CO 80012
(303) 739-6660

Littleton Historical Museum
6028 S. Gallup Street
Littleton, CO 80120

Denver Co Public Library

Blair Caldwell Af-American Research Library

Rocky Mountain United Methodist Church Archives
Marjorie Benham, Secretary
Littleton, Colorado
(303) 674-4810)

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